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John Lennon, Yoko Ono

Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions

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*2022 stock* "These two need no introduction, but "Cambridge 1969," which takes up all of side one, is a completely unheralded classic.  For twenty minutes Yoko vibratoes her way around a single note while Lennon provides terrifying power-drone feedback accompaniment.  This is the ultimate punk/metal take on La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's Black Album (which, considering Ono & Young's history together, might be both figurative and literal).  Towards the end John Stevens and John Tchichai chime in for some free jazz/minimal crossover a la Hermann Nitsch.  On side two there's "Radio Play," nanosecond snippets of radio played at regular intervals--almost Bernard Gunterish heard in 1997.  It's hard to imagine how betrayed Beatlemaniacs must have felt at the time or since--it's far more blasphemous than Metal Machine Music, but Lou didn't have a non-caucasian female collaborator for his fans to blame it on. I maintain that this album is a must for any outside music listener." Alan Lichtdetail

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Cat. number: SC 290
Year: 2016

Format

Part of Secretly Canadian's Yoko Ono reissue project, starting with Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins, Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions, and Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, each released on 11 November 2016.

Release notes

Part of Secretly Canadian's Yoko Ono reissue project, starting with Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins, Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions, and Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, each released on 11 November 2016.

Tracklist
1Cambridge 196926:32
2No Bed For Beatle John4:41
3Baby's Heartbeat5:10
4Two Minutes Silence2:00
5Radio Play12:40
Bonus Tracks
6Song For John1:31
7Mulberry8:58
Credits
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Design [Sleeve], Producer, Written-By
Susan Wood
Photography By [Front Photo]
Daily Mirror
Photography [Back Photo By Permission Of]